Berkshire Hathaway deploys $9bn of cash into buying own stock in Q3

Total purchases of $16bn in first nine months of 2020

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has bought back around $9bn of its own stock in the third quarter of this year as the veteran investor sought to deploy the firm's mounting cash pile.

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